How to Make a Timeline in Microsoft Word

This tutorial will show you how to create a timeline in Word.

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In this tutorial you are going to learn how to make a timeline in Word.

Step # 1 -- Creating a New Document

Create a new document in Word and you will want to insert a graphic that will represent our timeline. From the ribbon at the top click on "Insert" and below this click the "SmartArt" logo in the "Illustrations" area. The "Choose a SmartArt Graphic" window will open.

Step # 2 -- Inserting the Timeline and Entering Some Data

From the options on the left select "Process" and then on the right look through and find one appropriate for a timeline, here we are using "Basic Timeline", click "OK" to insert this into your image. You will now have to enter data into the timeline, here we are going to enter some concurrent events.

Step # 3 -- Adding Additional Events

You are also able to add additional events. Click on the arrow, then right click on it and in the menu that appears navigate to "Add Shape" then click "Add Shape After" or "Add Shape Before". Here we are choosing to add a shape after, this will add a new point to our timeline and we can add text to it just as before and that is how to make a timeline in Word.